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Birthday July 16, 1891

• The temperature on July 16, 1891 was about 15.2 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1891: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • March 3 » Shoshone National Forest is established as the first national forest in the US and world.
  • May 5 » The Music Hall in New York City (later known as Carnegie Hall) has its grand opening and first public performance, with Tchaikovsky as the guest conductor.
  • May 20 » History of cinema: The first public display of Thomas Edison's prototype kinetoscope.
  • July 26 » France annexes Tahiti.
  • August 18 » Major hurricane strikes Martinique, leaving 700 dead.
  • December 22 » Asteroid 323 Brucia becomes the first asteroid discovered using photography.

Source: Wikipedia

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